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Preston Group @prestongroup.bsky.social · 28d

Hi everyone, here is our latest in Chem Eur J on "Coordination-Driven Orthogonal Ligand Pairings through Dual Hydrogen-Bonding/π-π Interaction Complementarity"

Congrats Jordan, Yo, Nina and Rosie

chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Coordination‐Driven Orthogonal Ligand Pairings through Dual Hydrogen‐Bonding/π‐π Interaction Complementarity

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Kim Jelfs @jelfschem.bsky.social · 23d

📣 PhD position now open for Oct 2026 start based at @imperialchemistry.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/PhDFDF. An interdisciplinary project combining experimental
& computational materials discovery in a collaborative Royal Society-funded team. Co-supervised by @beckylgreenaway.bsky.social.

PhD position available in Experimental and Computational Organic Materials Discovery at Imperial College London on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - PhD position available in Experimental and Computational Organic Materials Discovery at Imperial College London, listed on FindAPhD.com

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RSC MASC @rsc-masc.bsky.social · 26d

Join us at The Open University, Milton Keynes on the 15th and 16th of December 2025 for this year’s RSC Macrocylic and Supramolecular Chemistry meeting!

Registration and abstract submission are now open (key deadlines below)

More on mascgroup.co.uk/masc-2025-ho...

#RSC_MASC
#RSC_MASC_2025

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Jamie Lewis @lewischemistry.bsky.social · Sep 8

Well done @zarikyusaf.bsky.social 🥳

Becky Greenaway @beckylgreenaway.bsky.social · Sep 8

Massive congratulations to @zarikyusaf.bsky.social who passed his PhD viva today 🎉🎉 Big thanks to examiners @charliemcternan.bsky.social and Ramon Vilar, and to co-supervisor @lewischemistry.bsky.social who made the trek down for the big event!

Jamie Lewis @lewischemistry.bsky.social · Sep 8

Congratulations to Paulina who has just published her first first author paper from her PhD doi.org/10.1039/D5SC... and her #MyFirstChemSci @chemicalscience.rsc.org looking at coordination sphere interactions driving isomer selectivity in heteroleptic cages with low-symmetry ligands

Coordination sphere interactions drive isomer selection in heteroleptic Pd(II) cages with low-symmetry ligands

The targeted formation of low-symmetry coordination cages represents a significant design challenge but offers the potential to engineer bespoke molecular hosts with precision. In this work, we have c...

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RSC MASC @rsc-masc.bsky.social · Aug 31

✨Spotlight✨

The RSC MASC Group PhD Thesis Award 🏆

Given in memory of John Fossey, open to doctoral students in the final year of their studies working in the area of supramolecular chemistry in its widest sense.

Deadline 📆 7th Nov

More on mascgroup.co.uk/2025-masc-pr...

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2025 MASC Prize Calls

MASC: The Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry Interest Group 2025 MASC Prize Calls 2025 RSC MASC Group PhD Thesis Award given in memory of John Fossey: The RSC MASC Group P…

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Nick White @nickwhite.bsky.social · Aug 21

We have a new paper out with Annie Colebatch: we metalate 6+ hydrazone cages to give M3-cage metallocages with coordinatively unsaturated metal ions. Et solubilising groups give expected 3-fold symmetric metallocages. OMe or OPr give funky low-symmetry cages tinyurl.com/4ehppaex.

Low Symmetry Cage Complexes Formed by Metalation of Symmetric Hexa‐Cationic Organic Cages

Threefold symmetric hexa-cationic hydrazone cages coordinate a range of transition metal ions upon deprotonation. When the cage contains ethyl solubilising groups the expected threefold symmetric cag...

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RSC MASC @rsc-masc.bsky.social · Aug 6

📣 Call for Volunteers - vMASC 📣

Submit your expression of interest to join the vMASC organising committee!

Deadline 📆 18th Aug 2025

Eligibility: full-time researcher (including early career) + member of RSC MASC Interest Group

Find out more on mascgroup.co.uk/vmasc-4/vmas...

vMASC Call to volunteer for the vMASC committee

vMASC: Expression of interest to volunteer for the vMASC committee The organising committee of the virtual Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry We are inviting members of the vMASC community to…

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Ben Pilgrim @benspilgrim.bsky.social · Aug 7

Delighted that our review on the Encapsulation of Reactive Species within Metal-Organic Cages is now out in Chemical Science:
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Written by @soumalya.bsky.social and Martin Black
@chemicalscience.rsc.org

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Jamie Lewis @lewischemistry.bsky.social · Jul 4

And congratulations to Paulina who, the very next day, won a poster prize at the School of Chemistry's Postgraduate Symposium!

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Jamie Lewis @lewischemistry.bsky.social · Jul 4

Proud of Cam and Paulina who recently presented their PhD work at the ECR @rsc-masc.bsky.social meeting in Oxford. Hopefully you'll be able to read about both of these projects in a journal near you soon! #chemsky

Cam looking ecstatic to be giving a poster presentation on his PhD work.

Paulina giving a talk entitled Coordination Sphere Engineering in Low Symmetry Metal Organic Cages with a lovely crystal structure of one of her cages shown on the title slide.

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RSC MASC @rsc-masc.bsky.social · Jul 2

A privilege to have Prof. Rachel O’Reilly FRS from the university of Birmingham as a plenary speaker at this year’s #ECRMASC25!
#RSC_MASC

Researcher presenting using PowerPoint slides in a lecture theatre

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Jamie Lewis @lewischemistry.bsky.social · Jul 2

Proud supervisor moment! Sorry I can't be there in person but excited for Paulina to present some of her latest work on low-symmetry cages at the ECR MASC meeting in Oxford.

RSC MASC @rsc-masc.bsky.social · Jul 2

Paulina Molinska engineers low-symmetry metal-organic cages at the university of Birmingham!
#ECRMASC25
#RSC_MASC

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Jamie Lewis @lewischemistry.bsky.social · Jun 13

We have a 3-year postdoc position available, starting in October, to work on molecular capsules for catalysis. Click on the link below to apply! 👇 Happy to have informal chats about the post - send me an email. Application deadline 6 July. edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... #chemsky

Research Fellow - School of Chemistry - 105878 - Grade 7

To create and contribute to the creation of knowledge by undertaking a specified range of activities within an established research programme and/or specific research project.

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Fredrik Schaufelberger @fschaufelberger.bsky.social · Jun 5

Over the moon that the first paper from Anja's studies on metal chelate rotaxanes is now online in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1002/anie...
Massive congratulations Anja,
@daisypooler.bsky.social Huseyn, Monika and @screspi.bsky.social 🥳🎉🎊🍀🥃

Thread below --》

Modulation of Lanthanide Luminescence with the Mechanical Bond: Antenna‐Emitter Confinement in a Compact [2]Rotaxane

Luminescent emitters based on lanthanide ions are of ubiquitous importance in the biological sciences, but typically need sensitisation from a covalently attached adjacent chromophore – an “antenna” ....

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Jamie Lewis @lewischemistry.bsky.social · May 30

Thanks Steve!

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Steve Goldup @sgoldup.bsky.social · May 30

Awesome #ismsc2025 lecture from my @uobchemistry.bsky.social colleague @lewischemistry.bsky.social on controlling the formation of low symmetry cages by understanding subtle interactions. Beautiful science presented using beautiful slides (as ever)!

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Jamie Lewis @lewischemistry.bsky.social · May 24

Getting stuck into Kyoto and looking forward to the start of #ismsc2025 #chemsky

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Jamie Lewis @lewischemistry.bsky.social · May 23

My tour of Tokyo continues with another great day discussing chemistry with staff and students in Ookayama, hosted by Professor Kei Goto #chemsky

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Jamie Lewis @lewischemistry.bsky.social · May 21

I had a great day hosted by Prof. Michito Yoshizawa and his group at Institute of Science Tokyo. It was wonderful to hear about the amazing science this group is doing and to present some of things we've been up to lately. #chemsky

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Jamie Lewis @lewischemistry.bsky.social · Apr 16

A great visit to Poznań and Adam Mickiewicz University. Such a beautiful city and amazing campus. Thanks so much to Artur Stefankiewicz for the invite, the scientific discussions and the outstanding hospitality #chemsky

Poznań market square with terraced buildings all painted different colours.

Poznań cathedral - a beautiful red brick building with either side topped with copper turrets.

Jamie and Artur in the market square with colourful buildings behind them.

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Larissa von Krbek @vkrbek.bsky.social · Apr 1

🚨24 days left to apply!⏰

Join @euanrkay.bsky.social @profphilp.bsky.social Arne Lützen and #KrbekGroup for your #PhD
tinyurl.com/BCBPhD

#ChemSky
#FindAPhD

#Chemistry
#SystemsChemistry
#SupramolecularChemstry
#photoswitches
#replicators
#capsules
#nanoparticles
#materials

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RSC MASC @rsc-masc.bsky.social · Apr 1

We are excited to announce that registration for the ECR MASC Meeting 2025 is now open. We look forward to receiving your abstract submission and seeing you in Oxford, on the 2nd of July 2025!
Further information is available on our website:
mascgroup.co.uk/ecr-masc-2025/

ECR MASC 2025

We are pleased to announce that the Early Career Researcher Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (ECR MASC) Meeting 2025 will be held at the University of Oxford, UK on Wednesday 2nd of Ju…

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Jamie Lewis @lewischemistry.bsky.social · Apr 1

Warwick campus looking lovely in the sun for the @rsc.org Dalton Meeting.

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Tim Easun @timeasun.bsky.social · Mar 27

Next in the lead-up to the UKPorMat conference is the poster abstract deadline.

We've already had a bunch of great abstracts submitted, so don't wait to get yours in!

#Chemsky

RSC Porous Materials Interest Group @rsc-pormat.bsky.social · Mar 18

More Exciting news - We now have confirmed our list of Invited Speakers for the 8th Annual UK Porous Materials Conference (UKPorMat) in Birmingham 3-4 June. Oral abstracts deadline is now 21st March (this Friday!).

More information:
www.ukpormat.com

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